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	Dry dock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Europe, the first dry dock, and the oldest surviving dry dock, was commissioned by Henry VII of England at HMNB Portsmouth in 1495 (see The Tudors and the Royal Navy).
		The largest dry dock in the world is in Belfast, Northern Ireland measuring 556m (1824 ft) by 93m (305 ft), with a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes.
		A graving dry dock is a narrow basin, usually made of earthen berms and concrete, closed by gates or by a caisson, into which a vessel may be floated and the water pumped out, leaving the vessel supported on blocks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dry_dock (1093 words)

	graving dock - definition of graving dock by the Online Dictionary from Datasegment.com
		Dry dock, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in constructing or repairing ships.
		Slip dock, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.
		Wet dock, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin.
	onlinedictionary.datasegment.com /word/graving+dock (420 words)

	dock, dry dock, graving dock, pier, wharf, dry-dock. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
		dock, dry dock, graving dock, pier, wharf, dry-dock.
		An American dock has come to mean a pier or wharf, a structure alongside which ships tie up for loading and unloading, although there may be a dock, tiny by comparison, for a rowboat at a summer cottage too.
		A dry dock has a similar purpose but is frequently a floating affair that is sunk to admit the ship to be repaired and then floated again to get the ship high and dry.
	www.bartleby.com /68/67/1967.html (272 words)

	dock - definition by dict.die.net
		Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.
		Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses.
		Note: Yellow dock is Rumex crispus, with smooth curly leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.
	dict.die.net /dock (535 words)

	Queen's Dock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Queen's Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the southern dock system, connected to King's Dock to the north, Coburg Dock to the south.
		The dock has two branch docks separated by a graving dock.
		The graving dock is now straddled by an HM Custom and Excise building.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queens_Dock (141 words)

	Captain Cook Graving Dock
		In addition to the construction of the graving dock, new workshops and modern machinery would be provided on the island, together with construction of a repair wharf with a 250-ton crane.
		The dock was ready for initial flooding in September 1944 and pumps allowed the dock to be emptied of its 57,000,000 gallons (259,122,000 litres) of water in about four hours.
		The graving dock was named in honour of Captain James Cook, R.N. In the inauguration speech delivered at the opening ceremony the following was noted, "It was indeed a bold move at the time for Australia, which had no capital ships of her own, to decide to construct a dock for such ships.
	www.gardenisland.info /1-02-010.html (774 words)

	Liverpool World Heritage Bid - Stanley Dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Princes Dock was the first dock in Liverpool to have a boundary wall, which originally extended around all sides of the dock, and the original parts of this remain in situ on the east side, together with their handsome gate piers.
		The North Gate to Docks 28-31 Victoria, Princes and Waterloo, The Gate to Victoria and Trafalgar Docks and the Gate to Clarence Dock and the Gate to Clarence and Clarence Graving Dock are all built by Hartley in buff sandstone in classical style established by Foster.
		Nelson Dock is a rectangular dock situated to the north of Salisbury Dock and is connected to it by a 60ft (9m) passage.
	www.liverpoolworldheritage.com /stanleydock.asp (3533 words)

	Esquimalt Graving Dock Regulations, 1989
		Any vessel lying afloat in the dry dock or moored at a wharf or to the dry dock entrance, or to any part of the dry dock property other than the dry dock, shall be kept ready to move immediately on request by the Manager.
		Where the crew of a vessel lives on board the vessel while the vessel is in the dry dock, the agent shall remove from the dry dock property all sewage, garbage, sweepings, ashes or other refuse from the vessel.
		No dock charges are payable in respect of a vessel during a period in which the vessel is detained in the dry dock by weather, ice or tide conditions if during that period no work is done that would require the dry docking of the vessel.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/P-38.2/SOR-89-332/92221.html (2781 words)

	Port Angeles Graving Dock - 10/4/2004 - Pacific Builder and Engineer
		The structure is designed to be strong enough to allow the graving dock to be flooded to within 1 foot of the top of the piles, Lewis said.
		Meanwhile, construction on the graving dock was allowed to resume in areas that wouldn't disturb the archaeology work.
		After that WSDOT hopes to use the graving dock to build pontoons for a replacement of the State Route 520 floating bridge over Lake Washington, followed some years later by replacement of the existing west half of the Hood Canal Bridge.
	www.acppubs.com /article/CA456735.html (2129 words)

	Graving dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A dry dock will usually be an area below sea level, continuous with the sea.Support can be set up capable of holding the ship upright when there is no water.
		Dry docks are usually excavated from dry land on the shore.
		The largest dry dock in theworld is in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
	www.therfcc.org /graving-dock-265655.html (371 words)

	Thompsondock
		500 men were employed inthe building of the new dock and upon completion in spring 1905 an astronomically amount of material had been removed from the site;some 300,000 cubic yards of sand and clay.
		To build the dock back into this massive creator ;76,000 cubic yards of concrete,24,000 cubic yards of brickwork and 36,000 cubic yards of granite stonework were used.
		The Thompson dry dock is now the largest dry dock in the British Isles and although we have no evidene to prove it,but, possibly the largest in the world at this time.
	www.geocities.com /bangor46/Thompsondock.html (309 words)

	Brooklyn Groups May File Suit To Save Dry Dock - March 23, 2006 - The New York Sun
		Graving dock no. 1, a concrete and steel basin more than 700 feet long, has been used for servicing ships since the 1860s.It is historically important as well as being a key dry dock in New York's maritime industry, Ms.
		The struggle over the dock began when the Swedish furniture company announced it would build a large store on the site of the defunct Todd Shipyards, of which the dock is a part.
		The alternative plan presented by the Save the Graving Dock Committee isn't feasible because it would require Ikea to purchase a new piece of land and go through the entire process of certification again, among other problems, he said.
	www.nysun.com /article/29670 (540 words)

	PWGSC - Esquimalt Graving Dock - History
		The dock took six years to build and was the second largest in the world.
		The Esquimalt Graving Dock officially opened on July 1, 1927 and the ceremony was part of Canada's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
		This year, the Dock commemorated its 75th anniversary with a rededication ceremony attended by The Honourable David Anderson, former Minister of Environment and His Worship, Mayor Ray Rice of Esquimalt.
	www.pwgsc.gc.ca /pacific/egd/text/history-e.html (223 words)

	Recycling Today Magazine :: News :: Company Seeks to Build Ship Dismantling Facility in Oregon
		The docks are actually built into the ground, so that a dismantling or ship repair operation can be isolated from a waterway.
		The graving dock would be pumped dry and the water filtered.
		Once the vessel is broken down, the dock area would be cleaned before it's refilled and another vessel brought in.
	www.recyclingtoday.com /news/news.asp?ID=9742 (497 words)

	Esquimalt Harbour->History1
		Construction of a graving dock began in 1876 and the graving dock received its first vessel, HMS Cormorant, July 20, 1887.
		The graving dock was of benefit to both the Navy and the surrounding village.
		After the completion of the federal graving dock in 1924, the naval graving dock was put out of use until HMCS Coaticook docked there on August 31, 1945.
	www.esquimaltharbour.ca /Docs/history.htm (189 words)

	hiddenglasgow:: Govan Graving Docks
		Govan Graving Docks was built between 1869 and 1875 BY Clyde Navigation Trust to cater for the huge demand for a facility that allowed for inspection and repair of the bottom of ships (normally below water!!).
		Unfortunately the gate burst and the force of the water entering the dry dock lifted the boat right out of the water and throw it over the wall at the other end of the dock ending up in the street on the other side.
		Another one is about the gang of men who came into the dock one night(unoficially) and stole a brass propellor weighing many tons by loading it onto a lorry and driving away with it, and nobody said a word.
	www.hiddenglasgow.com /GovanGravingDocks/index.htm (778 words)

	ACHP \| Case Digest, Winter 2005
		Once construction of the graving dock began, however, artifacts and human remains began to be unearthed in large numbers.
		During the construction of a dry dock in Port Angeles, Washington, by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WA-DOT), human bone fragments and artifacts were uncovered.
		As the tribe became concerned about the large number of graves being disturbed, it contacted the ACHP and requested that the MOA be amended.
	www.achp.gov /caseswin05WA.html (680 words)

	Todd joins hunt for huge dock work - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
		The three have formed a coalition they're calling the FCB Facilities Team, which is offering two graving docks and a dry dock to any contractor ready to build concrete pontoons for the Hood Canal Floating Bridge for the state Department of Transportation.
		Graving docks are large areas carved out into the ground, which can be drained while a floating pontoon is built, and then filled with water so the pontoon can be floated out.
		Dry docks are like floating barges with open ends that can be raised so a pontoon can be built out of the water, and then sunk so it can be floated off.
	www.bizjournals.com /seattle/stories/2005/01/24/story7.html?t=printable (538 words)

	Graving yard excavation finds 12 desecrated Elwha Klallam graves
		The civic leaders say it is proper that they assist Lower Elwha tribal members in their efforts to recover their dead and re-inter them with dignity in a place where they can rest safely.
		Buck says he thinks the Graving Yard project will go forward eventually and the statement by community leaders today is a step in the right direction.
		Rogers and Buck tell us that no effort is going to be made to lay blame on whoever was responsible for desecrating the tribal remains in the first place, or to try and seek reparations from those parties since it was nearly 90-years ago.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /nov_2003/graving.htm (842 words)

	Port and city appeal to governor for help on graving dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Port of Port Angeles and city officials tell Governor Gary Locke the long-term use of the proposed graving dock is a critical issue for the area’s economy.
		The roundtable was the central stop on the governor’s half-day visit to Port Angeles and gave the Port and the city the chance to press the importance of the proposed graving dock.
		However, later in the afternoon, he did say that the state is “aware of the opposition” expressed by the region’s shipyards, but the state still supports the DOT graving dock.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /june_2003/port.htm (347 words)

	Trading Places: Mersey Docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Albert Dock was surrounded by a group of fire and theft proof bonded warehouses.
		The dock was rebuilt in around 1905 with branch docks, 2-storey transit sheds etc. Piece goods, coal and salt were also carried to Africa and South America in return for palm oil, cotton, hides and coffee.
		Sandon Dock was a 10-acre basin with six large graving docks.
	www.diduknow.info /docks/access/theme10.html (1667 words)

	WSDOT - Graving Dock Report Offers Detailed Project Review
		The WSDOT graving dock project began construction in August 2003 and was immediately interrupted when Native American artifacts were found.
		WSDOT decided to build a graving dock on 22 acres in Port Angeles after environmental regulatory officials’ expressed concerns in 2002-03 that WSDOT’s intention to use an existing graving dock in Tacoma could be reconciled with the Endangered Species Act only at great difficulty and high cost, if at all.
		The report collects and presents extracts from dozens of documents in which the details of the graving dock story reside to assure a record of events will be widely and permanently available, and to assure that they are available for public inspection and interpretation.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /News/2006/05/May16_GravingDockReport.htm (779 words)

	Graving Dock
		The Esquimalt Graving Dock (EGD) – a branch of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), a Canadian federal government department - is the largest solid-bottom commercial drydock on the West Coast of the Americas.
		A tunnel is used to fill and empty the dock; this tunnel connects to separate tunnels enabling each section of the dry-dock to fill or drain independently through culverts in the floor.
		The third and final sensor is deployed on the south side of the facility, and monitors hydrocarbon release from the many industrial facilities that neighbour the Esquimalt Graving Dock.
	www.appliedmicrosystems.com /systems/gravingdock.htm (651 words)

	The New York Observer Real Estate: Graving Dock No. 1--Past, Present and Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Part of the shipyard is currently occupied by Graving Dock No. 1, a massive concrete canyon cut into the shipyard for maritime ship repair, and its pumphouse (which is half-demolished as of now).
		The M.A.S. is trying to get Ikea to preserve the graving dock, even going so far as to commission an alternative design for the Ikea store that would allow the two to co-exist--and the graving dock to remain in operation.
		Last year Ikea bought the land and the graving dock is no longer in use.
	therealestate.observer.com /2006/04/graving-dock-no-1past-present-and-future.html (451 words)

	The Dock Museum, Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Dock Museum is a spectacular modern museum built over an original Victorian Graving Dock.
		On the base of the dock is 'Reflections of the Dock', a high-tec film show in several parts, each of which can be selected by the audience.
		The Graving Dock is a massive structure, fully visible when you descend the main staircase, which formed one of the smallest parts of the original 19th Century dock system in Barrow.
	www.visitcumbria.com /sl/dockmus.htm (197 words)

	Glossary: Graving dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Once the ship is in the dock the water can be pumped out, giving the repairer access to areas that would have been underwater.
		When the ship needs to leave the water is allowed back into the dock.
		'Graving' means 'scratching' somewhere you went to scratch off barnacles, rust etc.
	www.diduknow.info /docks/access/gl_graving.asp (59 words)

	WSDOT - Hood Canal Bridge - Port Angeles Graving Dock Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is a tribute to the work of WSDOT staff, the contractor and others that in that span the entire work program for the pontoons has been brought from a complete stop to this milestone point.
		The graving dock story, however, must also unhappily note that had everything gone as planned in Port Angeles, some five months after the groundbreaking in Port Angeles in August 2003, and 28 months ago, this point would have been reached with a concrete pour in a new graving facility in Port Angeles.
		Whether denominated as the Hood Canal Graving Dock misadventure or the Tse-whit-zen Village re-discovery, the substantial delay and added cost to the bridge rehabilitation project is only a small part of what the events at Port Angeles now represent.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /accountability/hcbgravingdock/default.htm (355 words)

	Sydney Heritage Fleet - John Oxley Restoration: How the ship was put on the dock
		The Sydney Heritage Dock with the James Craig on top was docked in the Captain Cook graving dock at Garden Island, and all the water pumped out.
		The graving dock was pumped dry and John Oxley settled down onto the keel blocks.
		The flooding doors on Sydney Heritage Dock were bolted up and she was again a watertight box.
	www.australianheritagefleet.com.au /JO-restoration/JO-docking.html (405 words)

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